Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-21
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
strict Assembly Number Seventy
Eight Begins Its Annual Meeting
at the State Capital.
The Southern Part of the State Getting
all the Pap-NOrih Texas Knights
Demand an Even Divide.
The Suit Against tho Capitol Contractors
One of the Things to Receive Official
Attention.
Special to the Gazette.

special 10 llc SdGckLc.
AUSTIN, Tx, Jan. 1.-THE annual
meeting of Di-t-ict Assembly No. IS,
knights of Labor, was inagurated here
to-day. There have arrived in the neigh
borhood of seventy-flye delegates end
others Of the order. Nothing further
than temporary organization and the ap-
pointing a committee of credentials was
accomplished to-day. This committee
will not report before tomorrow, 81
owing 20 the fact Of the inaugurati OF
Gov. Il SIS and Lieut.. Gov. Wheeler beng
an inviting occasion tJr the presence q
the delegates, probably little progress
will be made with bu mess earlier tlan
Wednesday. THE GAZETTE correspond
ent learns hat The most imp rant mat
ter that will come before Inc delegates
will be the election Of district Assembly
officers for the coming yer
The more lnserva'iye representatives.
of the order realize the necessity
of putting their best-inforn ed and cool
est men in charge of affairs. An EFFORT
will be made 20 nave greater identity
and closer relationship between the Oh
icers and the rank ard file tian hereto
fore. North Texas, it is ClGlmed, iur-
nishcs the bulk Of the privates, vale the
southern part Of the state mon9pollz2s
TO q great extent the trust and responsi-
bility, and frequently the great body OF
the order is afTected to It's detriment by
certain policies, but has little voice IL
shaping these policies with the powers
taat be. If fairer distribution Is
not made it is safe to ssy
North Texas Knights will insist
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IS and the forma ion Of assemblies by
congressional dis riots. There are no
evidences, so far as can be observed, Of
any inhaTmonious feeling among the dele
gates here. All appear serene, out, as
THE GAZETTE correspondent learns, the
desire is To improve things so future serl-
Gus internal diSagreementS III the ordSr
shall not occur
A well-iuformgd leader Of the Knights
of Labor said to-day: IN =, there will 1t
be much fort made to Influence legls!a-
ton. OF course, the knights VIII wa On
the course Of events in the interests OF
the industrial masses, JUST as any other
lot of citizens will do for their
respective interests, out no such thing
as general legislative lobbying VIII De
done. One Of the things which the pres
ent meeting will be likely to look after
will be the suit now pending against the
new capitol contractors for the importa-
ton OF foreign contract labor The con-
tractors violated United States statute
to tne detriment of the laboring Ameri-
can citiz rs, and the knights propose
holding them responsible"
One Of the delegates present are in
clined to talk politics and all disclaim
any intention Of talking or taking up the
senatorial contest for any OF the aspl-
rants It is very pToba5ie3 the meeting
will last three or four days and perhaps
Ill the week.
u 1t is learned tonight that late this sf-
ternoOn the committee on credentials
submitted their report and an organiza-
was effected, and tsat uader suspension
of the rules resolution was unanimous
ly adopted TO the eff c. that all Knights Cf
Labor as such should hold aloot from
any participation in The efforts to elect an
United States senator.